DAYLIGHT SAVING.
Ere long, obedient to tho State's command?, T shall assault mv clock with ruthless power, And by one skilful twiddle of the hands Sluili instantly annihilate an hour. But shall I take it. ironi my beautysleep? No; ou tho whole I rather fancy not. "When ton becomes eleven 1 shall creep "With thankful heart towards my little cot. And when the morn, perchance a trifle groy» Shall come to find me set on duty's path, I shall arise and, more than common gay, Shall carol like a blackbird in my bath. Yea. while toward that earlier train I speed (Although 'tis named 8.50 as of yore) " I know- that. 1 shall feel in very deed The conscious virtue ooae from every pore. But there be some among tho nonelect Whoso souls revolt against the new and strange, And who will conscientiously object To this compulsory and vital change. But these, although they bitterly complain, ' To no . tribunal's judgment may ap:>eal; 'Tis only theirs to miss their every train A lid be an hour too late for every meal. —TOUCHSTONE, in London "Daily 3[ail."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11731, 22 June 1916, Page 4
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